# gabrielbull/react-desktop

React UI Components for macOS High Sierra and Windows 10

Repository: https://github.com/gabrielbull/react-desktop
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-desktop
Homepage: http://reactdesktop.js.org
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-07-01T05:48:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3977, "days_push": 1159, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9487, forks 446 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:31.366877+00:00)

## What it is
React Desktop is a JavaScript library of React UI components that mimic the native look of macOS High Sierra and Windows 10. It is designed to bring a desktop-native feel to web apps, especially those built with Electron or NW.js.

## Use cases
- build electron apps with native-looking ui
- make a web app look like a macos application
- render windows 10 style components in react
- create desktop-style window and titlebar components in the browser
- style react apps with native os controls

## When to choose
- you are building an Electron or NW.js app and want native OS styling
- you want macOS or Windows 10 themed React components without a design system
- you need lightweight UI primitives rather than a full component framework

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained components with modern macOS/Windows designs
- you are building a mobile or purely web-native product
- you need accessibility-verified or comprehensive component coverage

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: frontend, web-development, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform, windows
- tags: react, electron, native-look, macos-style, windows-style, javascript, nodejs, macos

## Member repositories
- gabrielbull/react-desktop (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.366877+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:22:02.999668+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gabrielbull/react-desktop (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:31.366877+00:00, sha 0d4a7acc621d)
  - homepage: http://reactdesktop.js.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:09.403406+00:00, sha ea8f99885f2a)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-desktop (fetched 2026-08-29T08:22:09.405745+00:00, sha bf02a7537345)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.